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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In anatomy, a transverse muscle; a transversalis.
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abdominal muscle groups include the rectus abdominis (the ones along the front that comprises the six-pack); the internal and external obliques that flank the rectus abdominis and help our trunk rotate; and the deep muscle layer which is called the transversus abdominis that lends stability to the pelvis.
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This type of training engages and increases the activation of the core muscles consisting of pelvic floor muscles, transversus abdominis, multifidus, internal and external obliques, rectus abdominis, erector spinae (sacrospinalis) especially the longissimus thoracis, and the diaphragm.
David Buer: Effects Of Training On Unstable Surfaces For Sports Performance 2009
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This type of training engages and increases the activation of the core muscles consisting of pelvic floor muscles, transversus abdominis, multifidus, internal and external obliques, rectus abdominis, erector spinae (sacrospinalis) especially the longissimus thoracis, and the diaphragm.
David Buer: Effects Of Training On Unstable Surfaces For Sports Performance 2009
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This type of training engages and increases the activation of the core muscles consisting of pelvic floor muscles, transversus abdominis, multifidus, internal and external obliques, rectus abdominis, erector spinae (sacrospinalis) especially the longissimus thoracis, and the diaphragm.
David Buer: Effects Of Training On Unstable Surfaces For Sports Performance 2009
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The core includes the deepest muscle in your abdomen, the grandly named transversus abdominus.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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The core includes the deepest muscle in your abdomen, the grandly named transversus abdominus.
The Source Woodson Merrell 2008
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We use the transversus abdominus, which is the group of muscles that surround the belly and hold everything together.
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'A bold incision is made through the skin and aponcurotic portion of the pectoralis transversus and panniculus muscles, about 1 to 3 inches
Diseases of the Horse's Foot Harry Caulton Reeks
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The Adductor pollicis (transversus) (Adductor transversus pollicis) (Fig. 426) is the most deeply seated of this group of muscles.
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A band of fibers, the tractus peduncularis transversus, is sometimes seen emerging from in front of the superior colliculus; it passes around the ventral aspect of the peduncle about midway between the pons and the optic tract, and dips into the oculomotor sulcus.
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